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FirstRand Defies S. African Recession as Retail Bank Shines
JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – You wouldn’t say South Africa was in the grips of a recession by looking at the retail-banking unit of FirstRand Ltd., the continent’s largest lender by market value. First National Bank, which accounts for more than half of FirstRand’s profit, is outshining its Johannesburg-based peers by adding customers and deposits, extending more credit to its top clients and boosting transactions through its mobile-phone banking app. A decline in credit losses as a…
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